Interviews For Detroit Police Chief Position To Begin This Week

DETROIT - NOVEMBER 19: Detroit police officers investigate a crime scene in Detroit's Cass corrider November 19, 2007 in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit was named America's most dangerous city by CQ Press, a private research group, who based their opinion on their analysis of FBI statistics. The report was criticized by the Detroit Chief of Police Ella Bully-Cummings as well as the FBI.(Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

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DETROIT (WWJ) – The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners on Tuesday got the green light to officially begin the search for a new Detroit Police Chief. Board Chairman Jerome Warfield said the position would be posted immediately.

Warfield said, as soon as Police Chief Ralph Godbee Jr. resigned last year, there was a lot of buzz about the vacancy.

“Certainly we have had inquiries from a number of people across the country who are interested in serving as the next Chief of Police for the city of Detroit,” Warfield said. “So, we are in the process now of vetting all of those names; vetting all of that paperwork in order that we may boil it down to bring certain candidates in to interview them.”

Warfield declined to talk specifically about who might be up for the job of top cop, adding that he hasn’t seen a complete list.

He did say: “We have some very good candidate in the pool,” he added. “I do know there are some popular names out there — locally and nationally. So I think the citizens of Detroit are going to be pleasantly pleased and surprised about the level of talent that is interested in coming to the city.”

Warfield said they’re officially accepting resumes and he hopes to see interviews underway no later than this Wednesday.

The agency conducting those interviews will continue, he said, until a good candidate is found.